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15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will
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ENGLISH (Core)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
(i) This question paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper contains three sections Section A : Reading Skills,
Section B : Creative Writing Skills and Section C : Literature.
(iii) Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the
correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
(iv) Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary.
(v) Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
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Candidates must write the Q.P. Code
on the title page of the answer-book.
Series FH1EG/1 SET ~3
Q.P. Code
Roll No.
Please check that this question paper contains 19 printed pages.
Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the
title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
Please check that this question paper contains 13 questions.
Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book before
attempting it.
15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will
be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the students will read the
question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this
period.
ENGLISH (Core)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
(i) This question paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper contains three sections Section A : Reading Skills,
Section B : Creative Writing Skills and Section C : Literature.
(iii) Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the
correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
(iv) Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary.
(v) Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
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SECTION A
Reading Skills (20 marks)
1. Read the passage given below :
1 Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never stall. To stall in the air is for
them a disgrace and a dishonour. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull,
unashamed, stretching his wings again in that trembling hard curve
slowing, slowing, and stalling once more was no ordinary bird. Most
ight how
to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying
that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that
mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston
Seagull loved to fly.
2 This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make oneself popular
with other birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent
the whole day alone, making hundreds of low-level gliders,
so hard
know what I can do in the air
deep. If you must study, then study food, and how to get it. This flying
3 Jonathan nodded obediently. For the next few days he tried to behave
like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the
flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and
was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The
subject was speed, and in a w
speed than the fastest gull alive. Time after time it happened. Careful
as he was, working at the very peak of his ability, he lost control at a
high speed. The key, he thought at last, dripping wet, must be to hold
the wings still at high speeds to flap up to fifty and then hold the
wings still.
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on the title page of the answer-book.
Series FH1EG/1 SET ~3
Q.P. Code
Roll No.
Please check that this question paper contains 19 printed pages.
Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the
title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
Please check that this question paper contains 13 questions.
Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book before
attempting it.
15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will
be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the students will read the
question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this
period.
ENGLISH (Core)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
(i) This question paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper contains three sections Section A : Reading Skills,
Section B : Creative Writing Skills and Section C : Literature.
(iii) Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the
correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
(iv) Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary.
(v) Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
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SECTION A
Reading Skills (20 marks)
1. Read the passage given below :
1 Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never stall. To stall in the air is for
them a disgrace and a dishonour. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull,
unashamed, stretching his wings again in that trembling hard curve
slowing, slowing, and stalling once more was no ordinary bird. Most
ight how
to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying
that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that
mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston
Seagull loved to fly.
2 This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make oneself popular
with other birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent
the whole day alone, making hundreds of low-level gliders,
so hard
know what I can do in the air
deep. If you must study, then study food, and how to get it. This flying
3 Jonathan nodded obediently. For the next few days he tried to behave
like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the
flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and
was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The
subject was speed, and in a w
speed than the fastest gull alive. Time after time it happened. Careful
as he was, working at the very peak of his ability, he lost control at a
high speed. The key, he thought at last, dripping wet, must be to hold
the wings still at high speeds to flap up to fifty and then hold the
wings still.
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4 From two thousand feet he tried again, rolling into his dive, beak
straight down, wings full out and stable from the moment he passed
fifty miles per hour. It took tremendous strength, but it worked. In ten
seconds he had blurred ninety miles per hour. Jonathan had set a
world speed record for seagulls ! But victory was short-lived. The
instant he began his pullout, the instant he changed the angle of his
wings, he snapped into the same uncontrollable disaster, and at ninety
miles per hour it hit him like dynamite. Jonathan Seagull exploded in
midair and smashed down into a brick-hard sea. As he sank low in the
around it. I am a seagull. I am limited by my nature. If I were meant to
short wings !
tiny little wing, all I need is to fold most of my wings and just fly on the
tips along. Short wings !
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given
below : 10 1=10
(i) Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option :
Majority of seagulls fly only short distances as _________
(a) they are more interested in food than flight.
(b)
(c) they are not meant to fly low.
(d) food is not available at high speed.
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
in paragraph 1.
(a) disgrace
(b) dishonour
(c) learning
(d) unashamed
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on the title page of the answer-book.
Series FH1EG/1 SET ~3
Q.P. Code
Roll No.
Please check that this question paper contains 19 printed pages.
Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the
title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
Please check that this question paper contains 13 questions.
Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book before
attempting it.
15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will
be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the students will read the
question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this
period.
ENGLISH (Core)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
(i) This question paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper contains three sections Section A : Reading Skills,
Section B : Creative Writing Skills and Section C : Literature.
(iii) Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the
correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
(iv) Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary.
(v) Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
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SECTION A
Reading Skills (20 marks)
1. Read the passage given below :
1 Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never stall. To stall in the air is for
them a disgrace and a dishonour. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull,
unashamed, stretching his wings again in that trembling hard curve
slowing, slowing, and stalling once more was no ordinary bird. Most
ight how
to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying
that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that
mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston
Seagull loved to fly.
2 This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make oneself popular
with other birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent
the whole day alone, making hundreds of low-level gliders,
so hard
know what I can do in the air
deep. If you must study, then study food, and how to get it. This flying
3 Jonathan nodded obediently. For the next few days he tried to behave
like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the
flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and
was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The
subject was speed, and in a w
speed than the fastest gull alive. Time after time it happened. Careful
as he was, working at the very peak of his ability, he lost control at a
high speed. The key, he thought at last, dripping wet, must be to hold
the wings still at high speeds to flap up to fifty and then hold the
wings still.
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4 From two thousand feet he tried again, rolling into his dive, beak
straight down, wings full out and stable from the moment he passed
fifty miles per hour. It took tremendous strength, but it worked. In ten
seconds he had blurred ninety miles per hour. Jonathan had set a
world speed record for seagulls ! But victory was short-lived. The
instant he began his pullout, the instant he changed the angle of his
wings, he snapped into the same uncontrollable disaster, and at ninety
miles per hour it hit him like dynamite. Jonathan Seagull exploded in
midair and smashed down into a brick-hard sea. As he sank low in the
around it. I am a seagull. I am limited by my nature. If I were meant to
short wings !
tiny little wing, all I need is to fold most of my wings and just fly on the
tips along. Short wings !
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given
below : 10 1=10
(i) Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option :
Majority of seagulls fly only short distances as _________
(a) they are more interested in food than flight.
(b)
(c) they are not meant to fly low.
(d) food is not available at high speed.
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
in paragraph 1.
(a) disgrace
(b) dishonour
(c) learning
(d) unashamed
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(v) The writer would not agree with the given statements based on
paragraph 2, EXCEPT
(a) Jonathan could not fly but only glide.
(b) Jonathan wanted to be popular with other birds.
(c) Jonathan realised that even the albatross flew at high altitudes.
(d) The reason seagulls flew was to find food.
(vi) Jonathan was different from other seagulls. Based on your
understanding of paragraph 2, list what Jonathan wanted to know.
(vii) What was the
(viii) Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference with
respect to the following :
Father reminds
___________ .
(ix) off by himself again, far out
at sea. Which trait of Jonathan does this statement reveal ?
(a) practical bird
(b) persistent learner
(c) lonely and sad
(d) carefree and irresponsible
(x) Was it fair to fly like a falcon when he was just a seagull ? Why does
he say so ?
2. Read the passage given below :
1 Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) are products that sell quickly at
relatively low cost. FMCG is the fourth-largest sector in the Indian
economy. There are three main segments in the sector food and
beverages, which accounts for 19% of the sector; healthcare, which
accounts for 31% of the share; and household and personal care, which
accounts for the remaining 50% share. The urban segment contributes
to about 55% of the revenue share, while the rural segment accounts
for 45%. Rise in rural consumption will drive the FMCG market. The
Indian processed food market is projected to expand to US$ 470 billion
by 2025, up from US$ 263 billion in 2019 20.
2 The Indian FMCG industry grew by 16% in 2021, a 9-year high,
despite nationwide lockdowns, supported by consumption-led growth
and value expansion from higher product prices, particularly for
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Candidates must write the Q.P. Code
on the title page of the answer-book.
Series FH1EG/1 SET ~3
Q.P. Code
Roll No.
Please check that this question paper contains 19 printed pages.
Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the
title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
Please check that this question paper contains 13 questions.
Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book before
attempting it.
15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will
be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the students will read the
question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this
period.
ENGLISH (Core)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
(i) This question paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper contains three sections Section A : Reading Skills,
Section B : Creative Writing Skills and Section C : Literature.
(iii) Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the
correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
(iv) Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary.
(v) Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
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1 / 1/ 3 H 2 H
SECTION A
Reading Skills (20 marks)
1. Read the passage given below :
1 Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never stall. To stall in the air is for
them a disgrace and a dishonour. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull,
unashamed, stretching his wings again in that trembling hard curve
slowing, slowing, and stalling once more was no ordinary bird. Most
ight how
to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying
that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that
mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston
Seagull loved to fly.
2 This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make oneself popular
with other birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent
the whole day alone, making hundreds of low-level gliders,
so hard
know what I can do in the air
deep. If you must study, then study food, and how to get it. This flying
3 Jonathan nodded obediently. For the next few days he tried to behave
like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the
flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and
was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The
subject was speed, and in a w
speed than the fastest gull alive. Time after time it happened. Careful
as he was, working at the very peak of his ability, he lost control at a
high speed. The key, he thought at last, dripping wet, must be to hold
the wings still at high speeds to flap up to fifty and then hold the
wings still.
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4 From two thousand feet he tried again, rolling into his dive, beak
straight down, wings full out and stable from the moment he passed
fifty miles per hour. It took tremendous strength, but it worked. In ten
seconds he had blurred ninety miles per hour. Jonathan had set a
world speed record for seagulls ! But victory was short-lived. The
instant he began his pullout, the instant he changed the angle of his
wings, he snapped into the same uncontrollable disaster, and at ninety
miles per hour it hit him like dynamite. Jonathan Seagull exploded in
midair and smashed down into a brick-hard sea. As he sank low in the
around it. I am a seagull. I am limited by my nature. If I were meant to
short wings !
tiny little wing, all I need is to fold most of my wings and just fly on the
tips along. Short wings !
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given
below : 10 1=10
(i) Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option :
Majority of seagulls fly only short distances as _________
(a) they are more interested in food than flight.
(b)
(c) they are not meant to fly low.
(d) food is not available at high speed.
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
in paragraph 1.
(a) disgrace
(b) dishonour
(c) learning
(d) unashamed
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(v) The writer would not agree with the given statements based on
paragraph 2, EXCEPT
(a) Jonathan could not fly but only glide.
(b) Jonathan wanted to be popular with other birds.
(c) Jonathan realised that even the albatross flew at high altitudes.
(d) The reason seagulls flew was to find food.
(vi) Jonathan was different from other seagulls. Based on your
understanding of paragraph 2, list what Jonathan wanted to know.
(vii) What was the
(viii) Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference with
respect to the following :
Father reminds
___________ .
(ix) off by himself again, far out
at sea. Which trait of Jonathan does this statement reveal ?
(a) practical bird
(b) persistent learner
(c) lonely and sad
(d) carefree and irresponsible
(x) Was it fair to fly like a falcon when he was just a seagull ? Why does
he say so ?
2. Read the passage given below :
1 Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) are products that sell quickly at
relatively low cost. FMCG is the fourth-largest sector in the Indian
economy. There are three main segments in the sector food and
beverages, which accounts for 19% of the sector; healthcare, which
accounts for 31% of the share; and household and personal care, which
accounts for the remaining 50% share. The urban segment contributes
to about 55% of the revenue share, while the rural segment accounts
for 45%. Rise in rural consumption will drive the FMCG market. The
Indian processed food market is projected to expand to US$ 470 billion
by 2025, up from US$ 263 billion in 2019 20.
2 The Indian FMCG industry grew by 16% in 2021, a 9-year high,
despite nationwide lockdowns, supported by consumption-led growth
and value expansion from higher product prices, particularly for
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staples. Real household spending is projected to increase 9·1% after
2021, after a decrease of 9·3% in 2020 due to the economic impact of
the pandemic. Price increase across product categories will offset the
impact of rising raw material prices, along with volume growth and
resurgence of demand for discretionary items.
3 The FMCG sector has received good investments and support from the
Government in the recent past. The sector witnessed healthy FDI
inflows from April 2000 March 2022. Furthermore, as per the Union
Budget 2022 23, a substantial amount has been allocated to the
Department of Consumer Affairs, an increased amount has been
allocated to the Department of Food and Public Distribution. In
2021 22, the Government approved Production-Linked Incentive
Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) with an outlay of a
larger amount to help Indian brands of food products in the
international markets.
4 -Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme gives
companies a major opportunity to boost exports. The future outlook of
the FMCG rural sector looks on track now. Rural consumption has
increased, led by a combination of increasing income and higher
aspiration levels. There is an increased demand for branded products
in rural India. The growth of organised sector in FMCG is expected to
rise with an increased level of brand consciousness, augmented by the
growth in modern retail.
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